Where does “草片” come from?

草片 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 草, from Middle Chinese 草.

Ancestry of “草片”, step by step

草片 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 草

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese草grass; a weed; a herb
2Middle Chinese草—

via Japanese 片

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese片one part of a pair; partial
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